Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-08

TIE GREAT STRIKE.
prospect. Of a Settlement ss Re.
mote ~ Ever-The Situation
Yesterday.
by telegraph % the DIspach.


NEW YORK, February THE river fronts
and neighboring streets still preeented sun
day appearance this morning. There WAS no
change In tho condition OF Affairs honday
usually the buslest day OF the week ~ we
docks, but there wts no blockade OF the Belt
Line streetcars to-day. not more man one
fourth the usual number OF trucks whcn
usually block aud choke south aud Wesssuoee
being out. Most OF the piers were open ~ re-
ceiye freight. but little came a. comparcd WIN
the ante-strike times.
Tho prospect Of a settlement or me dirncui-
ties between the 'longshoremen and steamship
companies and freighthandlers and railway
companies Ii remote, each side being conndens
OF coming out % the trouble victor. bote
sides promise remarkable Developments MS
week, but are dark about their nature.
On the Clyde-Iinc docks, East river, the Clyde
sailed some hours later than her schedule ume,
but carried full cargo aud her quota OF pas-
sengers. The green freight handlers we're set
10 work cleaning up the dock 10 keep mem em-
ployed TIL another steamer arrived me
Seminole, Of this line, als carried tuli on .
and her quota Of passengers The siga, "lW
men wanted, 30 cents per hour IL no longer
displayed here, snCh the superintendent do
clared that he was getting along very weu, .hs
Lampassas Ia discharging the new men io'ns
the work she will sail Wednesday
Men who apply for work as the Mallory-Lins
dock are being turned away by the humorous.
Another steamer IL expected to-day. and there
are plenty OF men ready 10 work on her. Inc
ed, save for a solitary oficer and the watch
man. Two boats are expected Today OF o-
morrow and then the company VIII nave
plenty OF help 90 discharge their cargocs AZ
The Contlnental-Line dock plenty OF ifsigh.
yas being delivered, and the whole bulkheed
was lined with trucks The New Haven
Freight Line and the Hartford Liue were DOING
more business than on saturday.
The railroads to-day offer more facilities Tor
shipping than Saturday, but the moment IL is
"a n n
ceiylng freight IL n promptly choked by otter
inss which lie In walt Some OF tho piers have
enough men, and are kept reasonably ciear
On Others, where nearly all are green hands,
great confusion EXIST, and quite number OF
the piers remain closed The steamship docks
are In better condition. and seem 10 be hand
ling all the freight offered but the amount -
offered II said 20 be- remarkably light ~ COM
pared with other Mondays before the strike.
Both sides are as stubborn ~ ever, and thefo
seems no prospect OF the end OF the strike.
The stevedores Of the New York Produce Ex-
change to-day held q meeting and took msA-
sures TO MI the places OF the strikers to-mor-
row.
In Brooklyn much suffering exists from the
lack Of coal Dealers cannot get men ~ work
except In few cases. Groccrs sell coal for
thirty cents bushel. Charitable organizations
cannot get coal. In the City Hall tho elevator
cannot be used for the lack 81 coal The Brook
lyn coal-dealers and their clerks have been de-
liyeiing coal to-day guarded by tho police. The
| doctors at Long Island College Hospital to-day
caried In person twelve tons Of coal 10 that In
siitution. The strikers overturned one cart In
Brooklyn to-day, but we're chased away BY the
police. Tho strikers themselves hive no coal,
and because OF their idleness they are earning
no money 70 buy coal
sTREL-w0RKgEs Quu WORK.
JERSEY CITY, Y. j., February Over D)
men employed In J. r. Thompson q Co. s steel
works quit work, ana tho factory IL idle. They
we're recently visited by two walking delegates.
who ordered them out IL was subsequently,
learned that the strike was duo 70 !" scab" coal
being used in the furnaces.
An attempt was made To order out the tanfs
In Matthiesen h wycher's sugar-refinery this
morning. because sugar had been delivered al
tho Erie freight station. which was boycotted,
aud they did not propose that this stats Of
things should exit The walking delegates
we're ordered of the promises.
The condition Of affairs on the coal-docks
shows but little change. All the docks aro un-
der guard, and all the coal arriving ~ being
transferred 10 boats or ears on noats, and the
force Of men l. being gradually Increased o,
South Amboy, Bergen Point aud other coal
delivery points outside Jersey city.